Mary Currier Named Barnard Dietitian in New Post
Miss Mary Alice Currier assumed the college dietitian role on January 31 to succeed Dorothy M. Quinn who left to rejoin the WAVES as a lieutenant commander. Currier, with Red Cross and European theater personnel experience, favors a unified dining system and reports reduced costs and declining Barnard cafeteria use. She plans no major changes and notes the Snack Bar hours and upcoming Barnard Hall wing opening around March 15.
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Mary Alice Currier
College Dietitian
Dorothy M. Quinn
Waves Division of Supply
Miss Currier
The
Red Cross
Spence School
New York City
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
New York
Barnard Halls
Barnard
Barnard Hall
Dorms Plan Entertainment at Brooks Hall
Miss Priscilla Thierry the resident musician will present a program of music and dances from several countries Monday at 7 30 p m in Brooks Hall living room. The event includes Negro spirituals directed by William Callender Greek songs in costume and Greek dances led by Sylvia Caides French songs by the French Song Group and songs Spanish pieces and dances with Ruth Cossick and Ruth Berquist featuring two Hindu dances by Vasanti Revisa theam a Columbia graduate student and two piano selections by Helene Hoffherr.
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Priscilla Thierry
Brooks Hall
Brooks and Hewitt Halls
William Callender
Sylvia Caides
Helene Hoffherr
Heart Association orchid drive on Jake Street this week
Have a Heart asks buyers to purchase Hawaii orchids at one dollar each with ninety cents profit to the New York Heart Association. Flowers will be delivered on Valentine's Day within 150 miles of New York. Marie Hart 50 is drive chair under Charlotte Jarvis 50. Volunteers pack orchids 8 to 10 nightly or take orders and contact Miss Hart or sign the drive poster on Jake.
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New York Heart Association
Jake
Hawaii
The
Heart Association
New York
Marie Hart
Charlotte Jarvis
Miss Hart
CUSC Sponsors Chest Drive and Discuses Discrimination
The University Student Council决定 sponsor chest drive for student charities April 4 to 11 with funds split previously to World Student Service Fund and UN Aid to Children. final allocations to be set February 18. Council also discusses fraternity discrimination and plans petitions seeking admin approval. decides fraternities with discriminatory charters cannot use university facilities after January 1, 1951. Progressive Students of Columbia and NAACP plan discrimination probe. council wary of political association, aims to use university facilities as leverage to curb bias.
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University Student Council
World Student Service Fund
United Nations Aid To
Louise Leone
CUSC
Progressive Students of Columbia
N.A.A.C.P
Columbia
Student Council
Council
Florence del. Lowther
Lorna F. McGuire
Columbia University
New York City
McIntosh
Barnard
Barnard College
Board of Trustees
Plan Interfaith Services At Barnard Campus
The Barnard Interfaith Council will hold interfaith services with Catholic Jewish and Protestant leaders from campus and beyond. Rev Louis Pitt visiting chaplain will conduct the service followed by luncheon and discussion. Attendance urged for faculty students and staff.
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Barnard Interfaith Council
Louis Pitt
Barnard
Inter-College Debate Planned at Barnard Council
Fourteen colleges will compete in a Barnard Debate Council tournament on February 26. Yale Rutgers Penn State Columbia Temple John Marshall McGill NYU Kings Point Brooklyn Hofstra Iona Stevens Seton Hall join varsity and novice teams to argue policy on a US military alliance with Western Europe and a civil liberties protection contest. Nancy Miller and Jane Lewis debate Temple affirming federal grants for educational opportunities next, then Carolyn Kimmerfield and Miss Lewis debate Columbia on excess profits tax.
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Barnard’s
Debate Council
Yale
Rutgers
Penn State
Columbia
Temple
John Marshall
McGill
N.Y.U
Kings Point
Brooklyn
Hofstra
Iona
Stevens
Seton Hall
U. S
Barnard
Jake
Nancy Miller
Jane Lewis
Carolyn Kimmerfield
Miss Lewis
WKCR
Miss Joanne Thacker Announces 1950 Mortarboard Pledges
Miss Joanne Thacker announces Mortarboard subscriptions for 1950 are still available. Final pledge deadline is February 28 for new pledges, not applicable to old pledges. Pledges may be obtained at Student Mail or by contacting Miss Thacker or Ann Edge.
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Joanne Thacker
Miss Thacker
Ann Edge
Dean Heads Campaign Advancing Fund Drive At College
Dean Millicent Carey McIntosh will temporarily relinquish her duties to lead the fundraising campaign while Barnard supports a rigid economy plan. Associate Deans will assume administrative work during the campaign period.
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Barnard
Millicent Carey McIntosh
Dean Sponsors Barnard Song Contest to Build New Library
Barnard College announces a song contest under Dean Millicent C McIntosh with two $25 prizes for Alma Mater and a light song. Entries by Barnard undergraduates only, up to unlimited submissions, due by Monday April 18. Collaborations allowed. old tunes with new lyrics welcomed.
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Dean Millicent C. McIntosh
Barnard
Suzanne Noble
1760 Or Bust Slogan Sparks New Columbia Debate
A pastomnibus column notes the phrase 1760 Or Bust as a recurring refrain in Columbia politics. It hints at ongoing ideological clashes echoing a cold war across the street and signals rising tensions around a local faux pas and public discourse.
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New Columbia
Rep Assembly Debates Drive Methods and Columbia Name Change
The Assembly debated campaign fund collection methods and banned person to person solicitation for drives except UNICEF. A Columbia name change to Kings College and a shift to royalist politics sparked campus debate, with editorials mocking the idea and urging a reversal.
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Columbia
Bulletin
Aimbuloc
Thaan Hav’s College
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Ruth Cossick
Ruth Berquist
Dean
Miss Noble
Victoria Thompson
Anna Mae Menapace
Natalie Cole
Grace Robertson
Rep
Representative Assembly
Unicef
Assembly
King’s College
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